. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . his return to this country he became minister ofSt. Jamess Church, New London, Conn., and from thenceremoved to Hempstead. At the time of his removal hisson Samuel was a lad 13 years old. He subsequentlyJjecame renowned as the first bishop of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church in North America, and one who ex-erted a great influence in determining its career. The parish of Hempstead by an act of Legislature in1693 embraced all the territory of Queens countyeast of Jamaica townshi
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . his return to this country he became minister ofSt. Jamess Church, New London, Conn., and from thenceremoved to Hempstead. At the time of his removal hisson Samuel was a lad 13 years old. He subsequentlyJjecame renowned as the first bishop of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church in North America, and one who ex-erted a great influence in determining its career. The parish of Hempstead by an act of Legislature in1693 embraced all the territory of Queens countyeast of Jamaica township. This territory of nearly20 miles square the Rev. Mr. Seabury did his best to carefor. He held services regularly in Oyster Bay and othervillages besides Hempstead, and could not refuse appli-cations from Huntington and even many destitute placesin Dutchess county. A remarkably vigorous frame aidedhim in fulfilling his duties, which involved almost con-tinuous riding on horseback, as roads were few and car-riages were hardly used. The people of this parish—though many of them were thriving farmers and well-to-. Rev. Thomas Lambert Moore ; Died 1790. do in the world—were not liberal ; and Mr. Seabury,in order to obtain a support, was obliged to add to hiscare of all the churches the keeping of a classical it were educated some of the most distinguishedcitizens of New York State. A classical school was ac-quiesced in by the people of the parish as a means for theirrectors support for the succeeding sixty years. died in 1764. To him succeeded, after a space of two years, the Cutting, the progenitor of the family of thatname in this State. He was educated at Cambridge,England. Seeking to benefit his fortune he emigratedto America and accepted the position of overseer of aplantation in Virginia. While so engaged he was recog-nized by a clergyman of the Church of England, for-merly a fellow student at Cambridge. By the kindly ex-ertions of this
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